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Photograph caption dated March 9, 1955 reads "Pat Cooper, seated, 14-year-old Pacoima Junior High School student is winner of Pacoima-Mint Canyon Lions Club sponsored speech contest at the Valley Correl, Pacoima. Her speech was 'Safety to Sane Living,' and she will go on to compete against six other speech contenders in a zone contest March 27. Left is Tom Green, 17, of San Fernando High, and right is Bernard Cooper, 13, of Sun Valley Junior High contenders. Adults in group from left, are Mark Jorgensen, deputy district governor Valley Region; Jack Stallings, international councilor and Norm Rachlin, president of the Pacoima Lions."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
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